India TB Pathways Analysis

Author

Yangchen Tshering Penjor

India TB pathway dataset

The India TB Pathways dataset is based on a study conducted in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, India. It examines the pre-diagnostic costs and health-seeking behavior of 880 new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients registered at Primary Health Centres (PHCs).

id Sex Age Education Employment Alcohol Smoking WtinKgs HtinCms bmi Diabetes Form of TB Chext Xray first visit location first visit cost second visit location second visit cost third visit location third visit cost Health sys delay (in days) Treatment initiation delay (in days)
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Map of Tamil Nadu. Vellore district is in the north-east.

Distrubution of Employment by Sex

The plot reveals that there are more males employed in Tamil Nadu as compared to females. The distrbution of employed females and unemployed females is almost the same, however, the count of employed males is more than 5 times the count of unemployed males. The dataset itself contains more number of male than female.

The max age was 88.

The most common age in the dataset was 60.